A Novel Technique: Using Injectable Gas Bubbles to Monitor Blood Flow

Novel techniques are being developed to use ultrasound imaging in combination with imaging-enhancing gas microbubbles to monitor the quality and quantity of blood flow.  The importance of monitoring flow is to assess the possibility of growing tumors or tissue viability. Models that mimic human blood flow will be scanned to assess the efficacy of this technique.

 

Student Tasks and Responsibilities: The student will work with a graduate student supervisor, and go through the entire experimental procedure, from experimental design to data analysis. A medical ultrasound scanner will be used to collect the data.  Post-processing of the data will be done by computer- based image processing.